Best British and Irish Universities in Academic Reputation and Research Performance

There are 52 British and 5 Irish universities amongst the top 400 world universities in the THE (Times Higher Eucation) World Universities Rankings 2011-2012 (source).

* indicates a university not in the ARWU list (below).

WORLD RANK	INSTITUTION	COUNTRY / REGION	OVERALL SCORE
4	University of Oxford	United Kingdom
6	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom
8	Imperial College London	United Kingdom
17	University College London	United Kingdom
36	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom
47	London School of Economics and Political Science	United Kingdom
48	University of Manchester	United Kingdom
56	King's College London	United Kingdom
66	University of Bristol	United Kingdom
83	Durham University	United Kingdom
85	University of St Andrews	United Kingdom
99	University of Sussex	United Kingdom
101	University of Sheffield	United Kingdom
102	University of Glasgow	United Kingdom
107	Royal Holloway, University of London *	United Kingdom
117	Trinity College Dublin	Republic of Ireland
121	University of York	United Kingdom
127	Queen Mary, University of London	United Kingdom
127	University of Southampton	United Kingdom
131	Lancaster University	United Kingdom
133	University of Leeds	United Kingdom
140	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom
145	University of East Anglia	United Kingdom
146	Newcastle University	United Kingdom
148	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom
149	Birkbeck, University of London *	United Kingdom
151	University of Aberdeen	United Kingdom
156	University of Exeter	United Kingdom
157	University of Warwick	United Kingdom
159	University College Dublin	Republic of Ireland
164	University of Reading	United Kingdom
176	University of Dundee	United Kingdom
181	University of Liverpool	United Kingdom
197	University of Leicester	United Kingdom
201-225	Cardiff University	United Kingdom
201-225	University of Essex	United Kingdom
251-275	Bangor University *	United Kingdom
251-275	University of Bath	United Kingdom
251-275	Brunel University *	United Kingdom
251-275	Queen's University Belfast	United Kingdom
276-300	Aberystwyth University *	United Kingdom
301-350	University College Cork	Republic of Ireland
301-350	University of Hertfordshire *	United Kingdom
301-350	University of Hull *	United Kingdom
301-350	Keele University *	United Kingdom
301-350	Plymouth University *	United Kingdom
301-350	University of Stirling *	United Kingdom
301-350	University of Surrey	United Kingdom
351-400	Aston University *	United Kingdom
351-400	Heriot-Watt University *	United Kingdom
351-400	University of Kent *	United Kingdom
351-400	Liverpool John Moores University *	United Kingdom
351-400	Loughborough University *	United Kingdom
351-400	National University of Ireland, Galway *	Republic of Ireland
351-400	National University of Ireland, Maynooth *	Republic of Ireland
351-400	University of Strathclyde *	United Kingdom
351-400	Swansea University	United Kingdom

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2012 (here) focuses exclusively on the universities' research strength, and publishes the top 500 universities by research strength in the world. Amongst these 500, 38 are in the UK, and 3 are in Ireland.

* indicates a university not in the THE list (above).


UK

Country Rank	Institution	World Rank
1	University of Cambridge	5
2	University of Oxford	10
3	University College London	21
4	The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	24
5	The University of Manchester	40
6	The University of Edinburgh	51
7	King's College London	68
8	University of Bristol	70
9	University of Nottingham	86
10-14	London School of Economics and Political Science	101-150
10-14	The University of Sheffield	101-150
10-14	University of Birmingham	101-150
10-14	University of Liverpool	101-150
10-14	University of Sussex	101-150
15-19	Cardiff University	151-200
15-19	The University of Glasgow	151-200
15-19	University of Leeds	151-200
15-19	University of Southampton	151-200
15-19	University of Warwick	151-200
20-30	Lancaster University	201-300
20-30	Newcastle University	201-300
20-30	Queen Mary, U. of London	201-300
20-30	The University of Reading	201-300
20-30	University of Aberdeen	201-300
20-30	University of Durham	201-300
20-30	University of East Anglia	201-300
20-30	University of Exeter	201-300
20-30	University of Leicester	201-300
20-30	University of St Andrews	201-300
20-30	University of York	201-300
31-33	Queen's University Belfast	301-400
31-33	The University of Dundee	301-400
31-33	University of Bath	301-400
34-38	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine *	401-500
34-38	Swansea Univ	401-500
34-38	The Open University *	401-500
34-38	University of Essex	401-500
34-38	University of Surrey	401-500
* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

Ireland 

Country Rank	Institution	World Rank
1	Trinity College Dublin	201-300
2-3	University College Cork	301-400
2-3	University College Dublin	301-400
* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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Related:

* Best American and Canadian Universities in Academic Reputation and Research Performance (here)

* Best Australian and New Zealand Universities in Academic Reputation and Research Performance (here)